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•Containsover6,000idiomsfromallovertheEnglish-speakingworld
•Hundredsofillustrativequotations,bothmodernandhistorical,offerreadersaclearideaofhowthephrasescanbeused
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TheseandmanymoreidiomsareexplainedandputintocontextintheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishIdiomscompletedwitharangeofrecentlyestablishedidiomssuchas'theelephantinthecorner','gofigure','likearatupadrainpipe','sexonlegs','stepuptotheplate','tooposhtopush','awalkinthepark','winugly'.
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